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reproduction,  or  which  may  significantly  change 
the  usual  method  of  filming,  are  checked  baiow. 


L'Institut  a  microfilm^  la  mailleur  axamplaire 
qu'il  lui  a  Ate  possible  de  se  procurer.  Les  ditails 
de  cet  exemplaire  qui  sont  peut-Atre  uniques  du 
point  da  vue  bibliographique.  qui  peuvent  modifier 
una  image  reproduite.  ou  qui  peuvent  exiger  une 
modification  dans  la  m^thode  normale  de  filmaga 
sont  indiquAs  ci-dessous. 


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along  interior  margin/ 

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distorsion  l«  long  da  la  marge  intirieure 

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appear  within  the  text.  Whenever  possible,  these 
have  been  omitted  from  filming/ 
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lors  dune  restauration  apparaissent  dans  le  texte. 
mais.  lorsque  cela  Atait  possible,  ces  pages  n'ont 
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ensure  the  best  possible  image/ 
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obscurcies  par  un  feuillet  d'errata.  une  pelure. 
etc..  cnt  ^te  fiim^es  A  nouveau  de  facon  a 
obtenir  la  meilleure  image  possible 


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The  copy  filmed  h«r«  has  b««n  raproducad  thanka 
to  tha  o*naroaity  of: 

Emmanuel  College  Library 
Victoria  University,  Toronto 

Tha  imagaa  appaaring  Kara  ara  ttio  baat  quality 
poaaibia  conaidaring  tha  condition  and  lagibility 
of  tha  original  copy  and  in  kaaping  with  tha 
filming  contract  apacificationa. 


Original  eopiaa  in  printad  papar  covara  ara  filmad 
beginning  with  tlia  front  covar  and  anding  on 
tha  laat  paga  with  a  printad  or  illuatratad  impraa- 
aion,  or  tha  back  covar  whan  appropriata.  All 
othar  original  eopiaa  ara  filmad  beginning  on  tha 
first  paga  with  a  printad  or  illuatratad  impraa- 
•ion.  and  anding  on  t^a  laat  paga  with  a  printad 
or  illuatratad  impraasion. 


L'axamplaira  filmA  fut  raproduit  grica  k  la 
ginirositi  da: 

Emmanuel  College  Library 
Victoria  University,  Toronto 

Laa  images  suivantas  ont  At*  raproduites  avac  la 
plua  grand  soin.  compta  tenu  de  la  condition  et 
do  la  nettet*  de  raxamplaire  film*,  et  an 
eonformit*  avac  laa  conditiona  du  contrat  de 
filmaga. 

Lea  exemplairea  originaux  dont  la  couvarture  an 
papier  eat  imprim*e  sont  filmAs  en  commencant 
par  la  premier  plat  at  an  terminant  soit  par  la 
derniire  page  qui  comporte  une  empreinte 
d'impression  ou  d'iiiustration.  soit  par  la  second 
plat,  salon  la  cas.  Tous  las  autras  axemplairas 
originaux  sont  film#i  en  commcnpant  par  la 
pramiAre  page  qui  comports  une  empreinte 
d'impreasion  ou  d'iiiustration  at  en  terminant  par 
la  darniAre  page  qui  comporte  une  telle 
empreinte. 


The  laat  recorded  frame  on  each  microfiche 
shall  contain  tha  symbol  "•^^  (meening  "CON- 
TINUED"), or  the  symbol  ▼  (meaning  "END"), 
whichever  appiiaa. 


Un  dea  symboias  suivanta  apparaftra  sur  la 
derniire  image  de  cheque  microfiche,  seion  le 
cas:  la  symbols  '•^  signifie  "A  SUIVRE".  le 
symbole  V  signifie  "FIN". 


Mapa.  plates,  charts,  etc.,  may  be  filmed  at 
different  reduction  retios.  Those  too  large  to  be 
entirely  included  in  one  exposure  ara  filmed 
beginning  in  the  upper  left  hand  corner,  left  to 
right  and  top  to  bottom,  as  many  frames  as 
required.  The  following  diagrams  illustrate  the 
method: 


Lea  cartaa.  planches,  tableaux,  etc..  peuvent  itre 
filmte  k  des  taux  de  reduction  diff^rents. 
Lorsque  le  document  est  trop  grand  pour  itra 
reproduit  en  un  seul  clich*.  il  est  film*  A  partir 
da  rangla  supirieur  gauche,  de  gauche  *  droite. 
et  de  haut  en  bas.  an  prenant  la  nombra 
d'imagea  n*cessaira.  Lea  diagrammes  suivants 
illustrant  la  mithoda. 


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FOR     AIDING     PHILANTHROPIC    WORK    AMCNO 

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HENRY    VAN    DYKE.    PotslorNT 


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Coin  of  the  Realm 


Our  New  Hospital.  Harrington 


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St.  John's,  Newfoundland 


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In  ii^Sj.  \\hiie  I  vv;i>  >.tii(Iyin^;  inciliciiu'  at  tlie  Lfindon 
Ho.-i'ita!  in  \\'l:itccha!n.-l,  1  was  attraiicd  bv  a  \\\\^z 
cr  w(i  i,niinfj  into  a  iari^e  tent  in  the  sLini>.  of  Stqiney. 
'1  luTo  was  singing  g"ing  on  inside,  and  cnnosity  led 
n;L'  in. 

A^  1  left  with  the  crowd,  I  catne  to  the  cncUision 
that  my  rvligidus  life  was  a  humbug.  I  vowed  in  future 
that  I  would  cither  give  it  up  or  make  it  real.  It  was 
otiviously  not  a  tiling  to  be  played  with.*   *   * 

Some  time  later  1  heard  that  one  of  F"ngland's  famous 
crii-keters,  whose  athletic  rji^tinctious  I  greatly  admired, 
Mr.  J.  E.  K.  Studd,  was  going  to  speak  in  the  neighbor- 
hood, and  I  went  to  hear  him.  Seated  in  front  of  me 
tlierc  were  two  or  tbree  rows  of  boys  from  a  training- 
ship,  all  dressed  in  the  same  uniform!  At  tlie  end  of  his 
speech  Mr.  Studd  invited  any  o^e  who  was  not  ashamed 
to  confess  that  thrist  was  his  .^  .-tor  for  this  life,  rather 
than  a  kind  of  insurance  ticket  for  the  next  world,  to 
stand  up.  I  was  both  ashamed  and  surprised  to  find  that 
I  was  afraid  to  stand  up.  I  did  not  know  I  was  afraid  of 
anything.  One  lioy  out  of  all  tiiis  large  number  rose  to 
his  feet.  I  knew  pretty  well  what  that  meant  for  him, 
so  r  decidc'l  to  hack  him  up  and  do  the  same. 

With  this  thei  logical  outfit.  I  started  on  my  missif)na!7 
caiier.  \\  luit  to  do  was  the  next  cpiestion.  I  went  to 
the  parson  of  a  church  where  I  occasicnallv  attended,  and 
otTered  mys<'lf  for  a  class  of  hoys  in  his  Sundaj'-scliool. 
They  were  downright  East  f.ondnners,  and  their  spiritual 
education  needed  other  capacitie.^  than  those  with  which 
1  had  in  my  mind  till  th;'n  en.li.wed  the  Sunday-school 
teacher.  I  remember  being  suriirised  that  one  boy,  whom 
I  carried  to  the  door  by  the  seat  of  hi?  trousers  and 
heaved  into  the  street,  objected  by  endeavoring  to  kick, 
while  his  "pals"  in  the  schwil  were  for  joining  him  in 
open  utiny.  He  got  the  last  word,  however,  hy  climb- 
ing i;|)  outside  the  window  and  waving  a  hymn-Ixjok 
which  he  had  stolen. 

The  next  time  I  arrived  the  boys  had  got  in  before  me 


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■\'^){         L.  ^    ^''^    ^'^"   AUTOBIOGRAPHY. 

•  /, >  (and  ou*.  also),  and  the  pictures  and  furniture  were  not 
'  '  *'  as  I  liail  left  ihfiii.  1  starliil  to  rcf^TUi  tlicni  in  tiie  ways 
that  appealed  most  to  ni>>clf.  I'ivc  of  us  nicdicaUtud^nU 
p."- -.'.I":'.  had  a  lioitsc  of  our  own  ;  wo  used  to  clear  our  diniUK  room 
cf  fuiiiiture  and  rcjilacc  it  with  a  horizontal  bar  and  a 
C)Uple  of  pairs  of  boxing;  j;toves.  \Vc  were  able  to  lead 
in  those  things  our  noisie^t  boys,  so  they  learned  to  con- 
trol their  own  tempers  and  respect  our  capacities  more. 
•  *  * 

My  medical  course  being  finished,  I  began  to  cast  about 
for  some  way  in  which  1  could  satisfy  the  aspirations  of 
a  young  medical  man  and  combine  with  them  a  de^re  for 
adventure  and  delinite  Christian  work.  Sir  Frederick 
Treves,  the  famous  surgeon,  also  a  daring  sailor  and 
master  mariner,  ho  had  twice  helped  us  at  our  camp, 
and  lor  whom  I  h.  been  doing  the  work  of  an  "interne" 
at  the  London  lb  -pi'al.  suggested  my  se  ing  if  a  doctor 
could  live  at  sea  among  the  deep-sea  fishermen  on  one  of 
the  vessels  of  the  Society  for  which  he  was  a  member  of 
the  council.*  *  * 

Encouraged  by  results  in  1892,  I  received  the  loan  of 
the  largfst  of  the  sailing  vessels,  a  craft  of  ninety-seven 
tons  burden,  in  which  we  sailed  to  the  Labrador  coast  to 
see  whether  among  Mnglish-speaking  fishermen  of  the 
Northwe-t  .Atlantic,  similar  results  might  not  be  achieved. 

In  three  nioiuhs  we  had  nine  hundred  patient ,  to 
'vhom  we  couUl  thus  commentl  our  Gospel  wuh  pills  and 
plasters,  without  fear  of  denominational  inierference.  Be- 
si<les  this  we  had  witnessed  a  condition  of  povc.t  to 
which  we  had  been  quite  strangers  over  on  the  other  side. 
Unable  to  do  on  the  ship  to  those  men,  as  we  would  have 
them  do  unto  us  un<ler  similar  circum-tances,  we  called 
on  the  way  home  at  ."^t.  John's,  Newfoundland,  and  iaid 
the  ••natter' before  the  merchants,  asking  for  help  to  build 
a  ho-pital  on  the  land,  and  premising  to  bring  out  a  <'.oc- 
tor  and  nurse  to  live  th.ere  if  ihey  built  it. 

We  have  now  four  hospitals  on  that  desolate  coast — 
not  palaces  for  pain  such  as  one  sees  in  those  great  cities, 
but  humble  wood  buildings  where  a  iiualified  doctor  and 
traineil  nurse  reside,  where  besides  thtir  own  rooms,  they 
have  a  do.zen  beds  for  sick  people,  a  convalescent  room, 
an  operating  room,  and  an  i~"latinn  ward.  These  places 
are  not  only  hospitals  but  betels,  places  to  which  any  one 
and  everv  one  is  expected  to  come  in  sickness  or  any 
other  kind  of  trouble  whatever.  Needless  to  say,  they 
come  often  v;  r'-  long  di-tances — in  tlieir  boats  in  summer, 


■yF^m^ 


BY    WiLFFED    T 


'RHM-liLI. 


in  (liig->lciKhs  in  winter.     Wc  do  our  part  in  the  siiim- 

mer  cnii>iiit;  in  tlic  hosintal  ships,  tlic  largest  of  wliich 
1  serve  as  cnptain,  and  in  wiiitrr  liy  travehiij^  fiutii  place 
to  pi. ICO — iiuAiiijj  praclicuily  all  the  tiinL-,  utily  making  the 
hi)^l)ital,  wliich  is  kept  o[)cii  by  the  n^^■^e,  the  lieaili|i;ar- 
ters  tu  wini'li  we  rclurn  \vhi-in.vcr  Wf  think  it  nece.-.sary. 
Here  filler  niethoil-.  of  ci>mmendini^  our  Gospel  are 
also  open  to  us,  owing  to  the  extraordinary  jxiverty  and 
isolatiiiii  of  the  prople.  Lack  of  experience  iiia<le  us  sat- 
isfied for  the  tirst  three  years  to  try  to  cope  with  the  f|ues- 
tion  of  hunger  and  nakedness,  hy  coiiectiiig  atnl  clis- 
tributiii;;  warm  clothing,  and  assisting  *he  people  in  vari- 
ous ways  to  get  food. 

It  wn>  not  until  l.S</>  that,  seeing  tlie  futililv    if  giving 
financi  il  help  to  men  who  had  to  pa\    fr  ni  $;  ""^  for 

a  barrel  of  Hour  worth.  $4.  and  $2.50  io  $.?  for  a  lOg  ead 
of  salt  which  could  he  bo.ight  at  St.  'ip's  i^r  ^;.  wc 
set  to  woric  to  find  a  new  sernvm  to  '  each  on  >'  .  M:b- 
ject.     Many  of  our  i.iost  pitei'us  c  at  hosp  til  svert 

the  direct  fruit  of  chronic  siiiii-tarvation.    Thus  r.ur  peo 
pie  fell  victims  to  iui)ercu!nsis  of  glands  am!  Ume.--.     i*.  "u 
only  to  the  marasmus  induced  tjy  iii->uflicie:it  food,     i  n 
was  more  especially  the  ca<e  among  children.     A    nf 
versal  system  of  truck  business  jirevaiUd    the  "catch" 
to-morrow  was  mortgaged  for  the  fond  ..f  to-day.    'i'l 
people  seldom  or  never  saw  ca--li.     1  he  inevit  ible  re-uh 
were  poverty,  thriftlessncss,  and  eventu.illy  hopeii-s>iu'-s. 
The  c<:iiitention  of  the  trader  was  ahvays  that  the  men':-, 
poverty  was  because  they  <li,l  not  catch  enough  t.    ^.upport 
themselves.     TIjc  answer   was  tiiat  they  got  enough  to 
support  at  least  thirty  traders 

We  Parted  a  sermon  with  a  cniJpcr.Ttive  store  as  a  text. 
The  ])<ople  arornd  it  were  all  lva>'ily  in  debt;  mo--t  win- 
ters they  received  so  much  ;;>  vern.mcnt  relief  to  keep 
them  from  actual  starvati<in  tli.-it  the  pl.-ice  v.as  known  as 
"The  Sink."  The  peofilc  were  almo>t  all  illiterate  and 
knew  nollung  about  business,  .-ind  ilie  litile  st.>rp  went 
through  varying  fortunes.  Tliry  had  very,  very  I'ttle 
money  to  jiut  in,  and  even  that  liiey  were  .ifi.tid  to  put  in 
under  tl  eir  own  names,  f'lr  fe 
cut  and  inmish  them.    One  ■     ■ 

right  to  interfere  with  his  pc. . ;i!c,  as  if  those  whom  he 
had  tried  to  leail  nie  to  think  wrre  on]y  the  recipients  of 
his  "charily."  exi.-tcd  solely  for  the  Ijenefit  of  his  trade.  I 
need  not   say  that   we   had   now   to   .egret   gaps   in  the 


t  the  traders  slvnild  find 
■  r  wrote  mc  denying  our 


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.(    nn    Ol-    AUTOBIOGRAPHY 


praycrsiii-itiii^'-  oiicc  lllleit  so  ferveiuly  b>  our  friiuds. 
till'  I'll. my. 

l-nnkin^;  III  ihi:  result'*  uT  tlie  Mrnioii  seven  ycar^  .ifter- 
waril,  I  liiul  lie  |ii'<>|ilc  clutlicl  led,  iniiepciiilent.  with  a 
n(  vv  Ii:iii'  cliiiicli  Ixiildirijjf,  and  chil.lre..  far-aiKl-away 
bdtcr  i-l.iil  aii.l  cilncatid.  The  mnvciiuiit  has  spread: 
tliere  aic  mw  ei;4!it  c»ji)perative  slnrcs,  with  a  sciiumier 
ca  iftl  tile  "'. 'iDptraV 'f,"  \vl;ich  carries  thtir  priidiict,-.  to 
a!.d  inn,  l!ii-  in.nkit-;  tlie  jiricc  of  tluur  lias  tinihiriiily 
k' |>t  uiukr  5>5  a  liaml ;  ll'e  price  of  salt  lias  been  redtited 
nearly  50  per  cent.,  an<l  uttier  thing's  in  |ir'"'i>'irti'jn.  We 
have  h  :d  n.aiiy  tr.'iiile.-  twif.t;  to  poor  tisht:  les,  I'lir  uvvil 
igiior;.iH\  "i'  nil  iliiKJ.  ui  hiisiness,  and  our  i>i)latiiin.  IJut 
our  stijii  l^fiper.-.  and  ciew  arc  Christian  in.ii,  well  aw;  re 
that  the  In-t  ('..'-pel  they  can  preacli  is  to  keep  the  -tore 
for  (. hri-t  .\.  i  ci.ntra-t,  I  sent  (Iivaii  a  yninL^  fritnd 
fi'iii!  1!. .stun,  w!  .  ha<l  once  h.-en  a  preacher  on  the  coast, 
pivin^'  hiiii  .•Jkk)  tor  his  holiilay  to  stay  at  this  first  store 
and  "uacli  them  lunv  to  tiianaj.;e  a  C'v?;iperativc  store." 
lie  was  sonie  three  days  at  the  store  hini-elt,  seeing 
'■nothing'  to  do";  the  reit  of  hi.-  lii,-.''  he  spent  preaching 
aliin<;  the  ''(.a-t.  'i'-.e  ci)n-ci|ne!iee  was  that  the  re  suf- 
fered viiy  lii.iterM:'!) .  t>  r  I  u.is  hmne  luvt  'ear,  and  the 
peujile,  afraid  to  h.-iiid'.e  their  money,  left  the  whole  of 
their  cai'ital  in  tlie  h mk.  I  ilmrt  knew  that  the  memory 
of  hi  -e^nl(:n^  i>  a  ju  tihcation  for  his  view  of  what  was 
"iu<.  t  iniin.rt.iin"  t'    the  kin;;(lniii  of  flul  on  the  coa^t. 

One  of  the  chief  tr..-  'iles  with  our  people  wa.s  the  long 
enf.  Tced  i(i!''nes>  of  the  Vv'iiUer  and  the  consci|Ui-nt  neces- 
sity (if  lieii).,'  largely  on  the  summer  "catch."  This  neces- 
sitated their  rcsu.iinmt:  scattered  on  the  chance  of  catch- 
int;  furdiearinu'  r.niniai-  in  the  wint.T,  even  if  ihc  actual 
"catch."  as  was  dtten  •lie  ra-e,  didn't  amount  to  a  barrel 
of  tlnnr  f<ir  the  wh  '.  linie.  Thi.s  airain  p'  vcnteil  their 
children  i  einij  priclu;!  for  ed  national  purp''"-es.  It  was 
li.nir  a  prohli-m  to  n-  \vh;it  on;; lit  to  he  done  to  meet  the 
tlill["icn!ty.  I'.ventn.'dlv  we  ti'ok  up  a  ^rant  of  tiniherland 
on  which  the  New T  midland  Governtnent  pennit*ed  me 
special  Conditions,  atu!  we  "Started  to  asjinetrate  tl'.c  people 
in  winter  hy  affordinLT  them  remtmerativc  work  ahont  the 
mill.  To  this  we  h.-ivc  added  a  small  schooiicr-hnilding 
yard,  and  hipe     ...  .rt'v  i^  add   a  cooprrai^c.  as   we  tise 


n;anv   h: 


the   li-h   indnstrv.      We   have   tr.ithered 


toijeiher  :'li.iit  ilii--  small  effort  this  winter  .some  two  hun- 
dred and  fiuy  ))eop!e.  A  small  school-house  h?s  been 
erected,  an.l  tho-e  who  are  manaijinq  the  mi'l  know  that 


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HV    U'lLlREl)    r.    (rkhXl-HLL  5 

this  eliort  is  llicir  lext  from  vvliicli  llicy  arc  to  preach 
their  scrtniiii. 

1  licre  cull  l)f  110  -jucition  th.it  the  Lhn>t  wouki  to-day 
support  all  manly  ami  iniiuccnt  pastiim-s.  So,  to  nictt  the 
nee(l>  vi  ihe  luiig  wintry  cvLiiinns  wc  have  comman- 
(lecrcd  the  two  mhuII  jails  in  our  district  and  c()nver«"d 
thciit  inio  clubs,  with  a  library  and  iLjiiius.  .-liich  have 
l)ccn  Mipiileiiitnteil  t)y  the  niiportalion  of  lootbalLs  made 
of  riiliiar  lor  scr\  0  on  the  -now.  This  lia^  becnnie  so 
jxjpular  that  our  l.-kiiiio  WDineii  join  the  ^j.iir.e  with  their 
babies  111  their  hoods,  and  .-.L-.-il-skiu  loutlialls  stuU\.d  with 
dry  grass  have  spruii^j  into  existence  all   ilonj^  the  coast. 

The  toys,  which  we  usually  credit  Mnta  l^laus  with 
'rin;;iii^'  from  the  North,  had  hitherto  been  consjiicuous 
by  their  absence,  the  supply  perliaps  Iteiui;  exh.iiistcd. 
Anyhow  the  birthdays  of  the  '.abrador  cliildrtn,  like  the 
birthd.-iy  of  our  Lord,  iiave  never  been  diaracterixtd  by 
tli_e  jovtul  relcbrations  that  formed  oases  in  our  own  child 
life.  We  have  turned  the  current  of  toys  back  to  the 
North  a^,'ain.  True,  the  dolls  are  often  legless,  the  tops 
are  (lented,  and  the  Xo.ah's  arks  resemble  hospitals,  lint 
these  trilles  have  made  the  Christmas  tree  on  the  'urtlulay 
of  tile  Saviour  no  les.s  a  nies-.-itje  of  the  love  of  (iod  to 
these  matiy  1  rthdayless  children,  who  thus  keep  their 
own  on  that  day. 

We  have  became  roiduary  lej;ateis  for  all  the  real 
estate  in  the  orphan  chiUlreii  line.  Some  ye.irs  aj;o  I 
buried  a  vouni^  Scotch  fi-heriii;in  and  his  wife  in  a  deso- 
late san<lspit  of  'and  riuiniti^  out  itif  one  of  t!ie  long 
fjords  of  Labrador.  Amidst  the  pov  y-stricken  jjroup 
that  stood  by  as  the  snow  fell,  wet,  five  little  orphan 
cliildrer..  Having;  assumed  the  care  of  all  of  them,  I 
advertised  twr  in  a  P.oston  iicwsiKiper  and  received  an 
application  from  a  farmer's  wife  in  New  Hampshire. 
Later  on  T  visited  the  farm ;  it  was  small  and  poor  and 
away  in  _tl)e  backwoods.  The  woman  had  children  of  her 
own.  Her  simple  explanation  as  to  why  she  took  the 
tulldren  is  worth  recording:  "T  cannot  teach  in  the  Sun- 
day-school or  attend  prayer-meetings,  Doctor.  They  are 
too  far  away,  and  I  wanted  to  do  something  for  the 
Master.  I  thought  the  farm  w^ould  feed  two  more  chil- 
dren." I  was  glad  she  could  not  speak  at  the  prayer- 
meetings.  Perhaps  after  all  we  gracle  our  Christians  by 
a  wrong  standard.  How  many  are  losing  the  chances  of 
preaching  sermons  that  need  no  oratory?    Is  it  one  of  thf 


itf. 


^',^^^ 


f'm^^ 


A    BIT   OF    AUTOBIOGRAPHY 


causes  of  the  failures  of  the  churches  that  so  much  unde- 
veloped capacity  remains  in  the  pews? 

In  what  relation  would  the  Christ  stand  to-day  to 
wrong-doing?  On  our  wild  and  almost  unclKirted  coast, 
where  the  visits  of  strangers  are  very  rare,  many  wrecks 
occurred  that,  to  say  the  least,  suggested  to  the  under- 
writers tlun  '  o  illegal  eitorts  iiad  been  made  to  save 
them.  We  u  . ;  e  asked  by  Lloyds'  Underwriting  Agency 
to  act  as  agents  lor  them  and  furnish  rej-orts  in  case  of 
losses  occurring.  At  lir.st  we  declined,  fearing  that  the 
kind  of  e>pioii;ige  which  would  he  necessary  would  be 
likely  to  interfere  with  our  "spiritual"  work.  Later  we 
began  to  think  that  it  was  not  necessary  to  knock  all  the 
spirit  out  of  men  to  make  them  "spiritual,"  so  we  ac- 
cepted the  po,^t  of  Magistrate  for  the  coast,  and  also 
Llovils'  agency. 

S'lean.iug  di'.wn  a  long  fjord  late  in  October,  we  picked 
tip  the  crew  of  a  small  steamer  wrecked  on  the  north 
shore.  After  landing  the  men  for  the  la>t  boat  south  to 
take  them  home,  we  returned  and  rai-ed  the  steamer— 
hauk'd  her  keel  out  of  the  water  at  !<'.v  tide,  and  fijund 
the  onlv  damage  was  a  hoie  diiven  wit',  a  crowbar  in  her 
kjttoml  In  eH.leavoring  to  I  av  her  sc/me  six  hundred 
miles  south  to  St.  John's,  Newfoundland,  we  'o-t  her  in 
a  gale  of  wind  at  sea,  and  with  her  our  evidence  of  the 
crime. 

It  did  not  t;.ko  u>  lonij;  to  find  out  that  this  blow  at 
unrighteon<n<s-  had  made  ns  more  enemies  than  many 
sermons.  We  have  a  saying  that  "it  is  oidy  when  you 
really  tread  on  the  devil's  tail  that  he  will  wag  it"— per- 
haps'a  miuleni  synonym  for  "No  cross,  no  crown."  So 
long  as  the  battle  with  sin  is  fought  with  kid  gloves  on, 
there  will  never  be  any  need  of  the  "ferowship  of  suffer- 
ing." Last  <:ea-on  a'fter  every  one  had  left  the  coast, 
report  reached  St.  John'-  that  a  large  vessel  loaded  with 
fish  and  fully  insured  had  bien  lost  on  the  rocks  six  hun- 
dred miles  north.  On  accoimt  of  th.e  rapidly  forming  ice, 
we  were  doubtful  wdiether  it  would  be  possible  to  get 
at  the  ship.  lUit  fortune  favored  us ;  we  were  able  to  get 
her,  raise  her.  and,  almost  to  our  own  surprise,  wc  were 
able  to  tow  her,  in  spite  of  Dcceinlier  gales,  safely  to  St. 
John's  Harbor.  The  consignee  (the  same  man  who  had 
owned  the  ste.nmer  we  lost,  and  who  had  "sulTered  other 
losses")  was  found  guilty  of  barratry  and  sent  down  to 
penal  servitude. 

It  is  said  that  the  world  consists  of  two  kinds  of  peo- 


BY    WILFRED    T.    GEF.NFELL  7 

pie,  "those  who  go  out  and  try  to  do  something"  and 
those  who  "stay  home  and  wunder  why  they  don  i  do  it 
some  other  way."  How  wouid  the  critic  look  at  this? 
Was  it  "missionary"?  •  *  *  I>  nut  the  real  piohkm  of 
Christianity  how  hest  to  commend  it  to  the  world  ?  Can 
it  most  tri'ilv  he  advoc;ited  by  word  or  tleed?  Can  we 
afford  to  divorce  the  "secular"  from  the  "relisions,"  any 
more  than  the  "religious"  from  the  "^ecul.u■" .''  It  seems 
to  me  there  is  only  one  way  to  reach  the  soul— th;it  is, 
through  tlie  body.  For  when  the  soul  ha-^  ca^t  olt  the 
body  we  cannot  reach  it  at  viW.—Frum  Ihc  Outlook. 

EDITORIAL  FROM  THE  OUTLOOK 

I- or  the  tirsi  time,  so  far  as  we  kni>w,  the  King  of  Eng- 
land has  given  one  of  the  "Liirthday  non(jrs"  to  a  nun 
as  a  reward  for  heroic  mi-sionary  work.  It  is  true  that 
the  man  Cuuld  hardiy  he  regarded  as  a  umvciition.d  nns- 
sionary;  for  Ur.  Grenfell,  wlu)  is  now  a  C<jiiii'aiiion  of 
St.  Michael  and  St.  George,  tilU  many  otlices  on  tlie  l-ab- 

rador  c^ja.-t.*  "*  * 

»  *  *  He  i>  surgeon,  ma>ter-mariner,  magistrate, 
agent  of  the  Lloyds  m  running  down  rascals  who  wreck 
their  vessels  for' the  insurance,  manager  of  a  string  of 
cooperative  stores,  general  oijponent  of  all  fraud  and 
oppression.  *  *  *  He  can  anipui;ite  a  leg,  cnntraci  the 
walls  of  a  pleuritic  lung  by  sliortening  the  ribs,  or  cure, 
by  the  use  of  moilcni  metiiod>  but  with  home-made  ajii'li- 
ances,  a  man  -ulTering  from  a  certain  form  of  paralysis 
of  the  lower  limbs;  a  hundred  and  fifty  miles  from  the 
ship  yard  he  can  raise  the  stern  of  his  Httle  iron  .steamer 
out  of  the  water  by  the  rough  application  of  the  principles 
of  hydraulic^,  and  repair  her  p'0i)eller;  he  can  handle 
d\na'mite.  and  b'ast  out  an  excavation  under  one  of  his 
si'mple  hospital  bui!ding>  in  which  to  place  a  heating 
ap])aratus:  he  can  start  a  hiniher-mill  and  te.ach  the  starv- 
ing inhabitants  of  lonely  Laliradnr  not  only  luiw  to  handle 
a  saw,  but  how  to  sell  the  product  for  a  livitu:  wage;  he 
can  establish  cooperative  stores,  and.  what  is  better,  make 
them  pay,  so  that  those  fishermen  who  have  practically 
been  slaves  to  unscrupulous  traders,  never  seeing  the 
smallest  piece  of  silver  from  one  year's  end  to  another, 
can  accumukitc  their  little  saving':  in  cash;  and  he  has  a 
"muscular  Christianity"  that  enables  him  to  knock  down 
and  drag  out  the  human  hca^t  that  comes  into  I^ibrador 
to  add  the  ii'ioit  whisky-bottle  t-  the  other  sources  of  tlie 
suffering  \s!uch  the  inhabitant-  have  to  endure. 


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A   BIT   OF  AUTOBIOGRAPHY 


*  *  •  He  takes  his  new  honor  with  a  characteristc 
spirit,  for  he  values  it,  not  as  a  tribute  to  himself  person- 
ally, but  as  a  sanction  which  will  give  him  power  in  his 
struggle  with  unscrupulous  traders,  heartless  dealers  in 
rum,  and  all  sorts  of  malefactors  who  fiiiJ  on  that  coast 
easy  prey  and  safe  quarters. 


Interesting-  descriptions  of  Dr.  Grenfell's  work  are 
given  in  Harper's  Magazine,  December,  1904;  McCkire's 
Magazine,  April,  1905;  Frank  Leslie's  Monthly,  Decem- 
ber, 1904;  Putnam's  Monthly,  December,  1906;  The  Har- 
vest of  the  Sea,  \'ikings  of  To-dav,  Off  the  Rocks,  A 
Man's  Faith,  by  W.  T.  Grentell ;  Dr.  Grenfell's  Parish, 
by  Norman  Duncan;  Along  the  Labrador  Coast,  by 
Charles  Wendell  Townsend,  M.D. ;  Review  of  Reviews, 
December,  1908;  Among  the  Deep  Sea  T'lshcrs,  a  quar- 
terly magazine,  is  devoted  entirely  to  the  interest  of  the 
work.  Subscrij.itions  (50  cents  per  year)  may  be  sent  to 
tlie  Secretary  of  the  Grenfell  Association. 

AN  our  LINE  I  {/STORY 

1892 — The  hospital  vessel  Albert  sailed  from  England 
with  Dr.  Grenffll  in  charge  as  the  only  Mission 
doctor.  He  spent  three  months  on  the  coast,  hold- 
ing services  and  treating  900  sick  folk. 

189. — Battle  Harbor  Hospital  was  presented  by  friends 
in  St.  John's,  NewfonndLind,  and  opened  during 
the  summer  under  a  ciualified  nurse  and  doctor. 
The  launch  Princess  May  was  added  to  enable  the 
ship  to  do  more  work. 

1894 — Inilian  Harbor  Hospital  was  opened  for  the  sum- 
mer, and  for  the  fir-t  time  f]attle  Harbor  Hospital 
was  kept  open  in  winter.  I'"riends  in  Canada  be- 
gan to  help  the  Mission. 

1895 — The  sailing  hospital  was  replaced  by  the  steamer 
Sir  Donald,  the  gift  of  Sir  Donald  A.  Smith,  who 
has  lived  many  years  in  I.abrador.  Nineteen  hun- 
dred sick  folk  received  treatment.  Dr.  Roddick, 
of  Montreal,  presented  the  sailing  boat  Urelia 
McKinnon  to  the  Mission. 

1896 — A  small  cooperative  store  was  started  at  Red  Bay, 
in  the  Strait?  of  Belle  Isle,  to  help  the  settlers  to 
escape  the  "truck  system"  of  trade  and  the  conse- 
quent \'  "'S  of  independence  and  thrift.  This  has 
since  spread  to  a  series  of  eight  with  very  bene- 
ficial results  to  the  very  poorest.    The  Sir  Donald 


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BY    WILFRED    T.    GR  EN  FELL 


was  carried  out  from  her  harbor  by  the  winter  ice 
and  found  by  the  seal  hunters  far  at  sea  still  frozen 
in.    Slie  had  to  be  sold. 

1897 — The  steam  launch  Julia  Sheridan,  given  by  a 
Toronto  lady,  replaced  the  Sir  Donald.  A  Iprge 
mission  hall  was  attached  to  Indian  Harbor  Hos- 
pital for  the  u-c  of  the  fishermen.  Two  thousand 
patients  were  treated. 

1899 — Larc:ely  through  the  munificence  of  the  High 
Commissioner,  the  steel  steam  hospital  Strathcona 
was  built  at  DartniDUth,  England,  and  fitted  with 
every  available  niodern  appliance.  At  the  request 
of  the  settlers,  a  doctor  wintered  in  North  New- 
foundland. 

1900 — The  Stratltcona  steamed  out  to  Lat)rador.  The 
settlers  on  the  N'twfounel'.-md  sh.ore  nf  the  Straits 
of  Belle  Isle  commenced  a  hosjiital  at  St.  Anthony, 
and  the  Mission  decided  to  ad{>i)t  that  place  as  a 
third  station. 

1901 — The  Xewfuundland  Government  granted  $1,500  to 
stimulate  the  erection  of  St.  Anthony  Hospital.  A 
small  cooperative  lumber  mill  was  started  to  help 
the  settlers  of  the  poorest  district  to  get  remunera- 
tive work  in  winter,  when  they  often  faced  semi- 
starvation.  The  schooner  Coopcrator  was  pur- 
chased and  rebuilt  by  the  people  to  assist  the 
cooperative  store  elTorts. 

1902 — A  new  wing  was  afldcd  to  Battle  Harbor  Hospital, 
with  a  fine  convalc.-cent  room  and  a  new  operating 
room.  Indian  Harbor  Hospital  was  also  ci;nsider- 
ably  enlarged.  Two  thousand  seven  hundred  and 
seventy-four  patients  received  treatment — no  of 
these  being  in-patients  in  the  little  hospitals.  The 
launch  Julia  Slicrida>t,  with  one  of  the  meilica!  offi- 
cers in  charge,  was  chartered  by  the  government 
to  suppress  an  outbreak  of  smallpox. 

1903 — Some  new  outbuildings  were  added  to  the  Indian 
Harbor  Hospital,  and  a  mortuary  and  store  were 
built  at  Battle  Harbor  Hospital.  The  third  and 
fourth  cooperative  stores  were  started  at  West 
St.  Modiste  and  at  Flowers  Cove  to  encourage 
ca=h  dealing  and  thrift.  The  Princess  May  went 
out  of  commission  and  was  sold. 

1904 — A  new  house  for  the  doctor  was  built  at  Battle 
Harlxir.  The  ste.nm  launch  Julia  Sheridan  had  to 
be  sold.    She  was  replaced  by  a  10  H.  P.  kerosene 


itf. 


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^A^    OUTLINE    HISTORY 


launch  called  by  the  same  name.  An  orphana 
was  built  at  St.  Authony  to  acciMnnuMJate  liltctii 
childixn.  A  building  was  al.so  added  for  teaching 
loom  wo'-k  and  general  carpentering  and  lathe 
work. 
1905 — A  doctor  was  -.iipointcd  at  the  recjuest  of  the  peo- 
ple on  the  Canadian  Labrador,  with  hcadcjuarters 
at  liarriiiy;ton,  near  Cape  Whittle,  on  the  north 
side  of  tile  Gulf  i>f  St.  Lawrence.  The  first 
schooners  were  built  at  the  lumber  mill,  vyh'-^h  is 
^1 


now    !oun>hnig  ant 


hclpitiy;  to  maintain  one  hun- 
dred odd  families.  Two  consulting  surgeons  from 
I'.o.ston  L'niver.-ities  "isitcd  us  during  tlie  summer 
to  help  in  the  work.  Through  the  ;>'nerosity  of 
Mr.  Andrew  Carnegie,  between  thirty  .nul  forty 
small  portable  libraries  were  di.stribuicd  aL'ug  the 
coast,  containing  from  50  to  lOC  hooks  in  each. 

jpo6 — Through  the  help  of  fiiends  in  Montreal  and 
Toronto  a  new  hospital  and  doctor's  hou'^e  were 
built  at  Harrington,  and  a  second  k'.Tosciie  lan.nch, 
called  the  Sorihcrn  Messenger,  was  given  for  the 
work  there.  New  dog  -ledges  and  teams  w':re 
also  given  by  the  Montreal  Weekly  ll'ilness.  Some 
new  buildings  were  erected  at  St.  Anthony,  in- 
cluding some  small  farm  or.lbuildings,  and  some 
land  was  taken  up  from  the  .\ewfcundland  Gov- 
ernment with  a  view  to  trying  to  intro.luce  cattle. 

1906-07 — In    connection    with    the   cooperat've    store   at 


of   makiris 


seal  skin 


Flijwers  Cove,  an   industry 

boot<  has  s]>ruiig  up.  and  1,500  pairs  of  boots  were 
exported  this  summer.  Around  thcjC  small  indus- 
tries it  is  possible  to  aggregate  women  and  chil- 
dren :n  the  winter  for  the  purpcise  of  better  edu- 
cation. A  new  wharf,  stores  for  rk.thing  and  coal, 
and  a  large  mission  room  „re  being  atlded  to  Bat- 
tle Harbor.  .Seven  volunteers  have  joined  the 
staff:— the  lady  in  charge  of  the  orphanage,  an 
electrical  engineer  in  charge  of  the  general  me- 
ch.mical  work,  a  teacher  for  night  school  and 
library  wiirk.  The  fourth  ho-piiai  -.•as  kept  open 
all  last  '^imimer  by  a  vobmteer  doctor  from  Har- 
vard University  and  volunteer  nurses  from  T^np- 
land.  A  teacher  f  arts  and  crafts  will  be  in 
charge  of  the  industrial  work  at  St.  Anthony  this 
.ear.  The  steam  launch  Daryl  was  given  by  the 
Dutch  Reform  Union  of  New  York  Ci*   . 


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BY    WILFRED    7.    G  REN  FELL 


II 


1907-08 — Tile  experiment  of  jilacing  a  trained  nurse  in 
fi.-hiiig  settlements  farthest  fron"  the  little  hos- 
pitals has  taUi"  definite  form  ii  the  huiklint;  of 
a  house  r.t  i'ortcau  on  the  southern  coa>t  ot  Lahra- 
ij.^r,  in  which  a  nurse  is  poruiaucntly  -ituated.  The 
(jojple  of  the  place  gave  the  lalior  freely,  and  the 
money  for  the  material  was  I'le  gift  of  a  veteran 
o'  the  Civil  War,  who,  after  heing  wounded  at 
Gettysburg,  journeyed  on  a  fi-diiiig  schooner  to 
L;ibrador  in  quest  of  health,  and  in  gratitude  for 
great  kindness  slinwn  him  vvislied  to  make  snme 
rvtiirn  to  th('  ['eojile  of  the  coast.  A  second  sta- 
tion is  to  he  oj)ened  at  Flowers  Cnve,  at  which 
place  the  people  hoe  guaranteed  S-'oo  a  year,  be- 
ing a  1"  "'  tax  nf  $1  D-^r  ar-un.  on  tvery  family 
over  that  long  di.-trict. 

No  less  than  f'.nr  mure  small  coo^'erative  stores 
have  spp.Mg  .iito  exisler.ce.  showing  the  belief  of 
the  people  in  tho  advantage--  they  ennfcr  in  heli)- 
ing  iv  give  independence  and  a  sunicieiit  living 

An  eU-ctric  light  plant  has  been  installed  at  St. 
Anthony  largely  thnnigh  the  kindness  of  the  Trus- 
tee- of  Pratt  In-titute  of  P-rooklyn.  Not  only  hai 
the  light  been  i"*'oduced  into  all  of  the  .Mi-sion 
building-,  but  b  'ights  have  been  placed  at  the 
wharf.  Pratt  l  ..te  a!-o  sent  up  cue  of  t'.eir 
graduates  to  insi  .1  the  plant.  Already  it  has 
proved  of  ;iiCstinK;b!e  value. 

Tlirough  the  generosiiy  of  the  same  in-;itntion, 
two  Labrador  stuilents  have  commenced  the  study 
of  engincerirg,  that  they  may  on  their  return 
afford  their  ii.  valuable  aid  to  communal  life  on  the 
coast. 

His  Excellency,  the  Govenior  of  Newfound- 
land, Sir  William  MacGrcgor,  a  highly  skilled 
geodetic  surveyor,  has  spent  part  M  the  summer 
with  Dr.  Gren'fell  on  the  Strathc<'na,  improving 
the  new  chart  of  all  the  northern  Labrador  coast. 
This,  it  is  hojied.  will  be  issued  shortly,  because  it 
is  so  badly  needed  by  the  many  fishing  craft  that 
visit  those  waters. 

A  friend  from  \Vn>;hir!gton,  Mrs.  B.  H.  Ruck- 
inrrliani,  presented  the  Mission  with  a  new  launch, 
the  Fomiuk,  which  was  safely  brought  down  from 
Lynn  to  Labrador  by  a  crew  of  volunteer  stu- 
dents from  Yale. 


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13 


AN    OUTLIAE    HISTOFV 


The  Urplianage  is  now  over-full  with  twenty 
chUdren,  some  of  whom  are  already  learning 
trades.  It  will  shortly  be  doubled  in  .size  owing 
to  t'.ie  generosity  of  a  voluntary  worker  of  Wil- 
liams Collej,'e,  who  was  much  impre^^ed  on  his 
viiit  by  th"  need  of  more  room. 

The  Industrial  Work  has  made  considerable 
progress,  and  some  c^-'ix)  worth  of  the  prf)ducts 
have  been  sold  and  the  niouey  returned  to  the 
work  to  further  dcveK  p  it.  There  are  severa' 
looms  at  work  regularly,  and  the  new  furnrce  for 
baking  pottery  is  in  working  order.  The  expert 
from  i'rovidence  who  has  started  us  at  work  has 
prolonged  her  visit  and  already  speaks  of  joining 
the  force  again  next  summer. 

The  reiiuker,  still  xuulcr  the  charge  of  the  same 
volunteer  worker  who  has  had  charge  of  them 
from  the  begiiMung,  Iiave  lone  magnificently.  50 
were  sold  to  help  defray  the  expense  of  bringing 
them  over,  leaving  250  of  the  original  herd.  These, 
after  only  nine  months,  hasc  become  403  splendid 
animals,  deducting  all  losses.  The  fawns  are  al- 
ready as  large  as  their  mothers,  and  the  condition 
of  the  animals  is  simply  not  to  be  compared  with 
the  miserable  state  of  the  herd  \vhen  they  landed 
in  January  after  their  long  voyage.  The  Lapps, 
who  brought  them  over,  are  ^-till  with  us,  and  the 
Newfoundland  govenmient  has  ronfrilnited  two 
a])prenticcs  from  Labrador  to  learn  the  business 

The  milk  the  animals  give  has  jjrovcd  to  be  very 
rich,  and  the  cheeses  will  be  very  useful  for  winter. 
The  problem  as  t"  their  future  is  practically 
solved,  but  it  will  be  some  time  before  the  milk 
and  butter  distribution  will  be  possible  at  dis- 
tances, and  before  it  will  be  wise  to  kill  tlie  animals 
for  their  valuable  meat  and  hides.  Next  year  the 
experiment  will  be  made  of  trapping  the  wild  cari- 
bou and  i:.iiting  them  with  the  herd. 

Volunteer  teachers  did  excellent  work  this  year 
at  some  of  the  small  schools,  and  a  volurteer  from 
the  experimental  farm  at  St.  Anne's  did  splendid 
work,  showing  us  that  we  can  grow  many  vegeta- 
bles we  have  sore  need  of.  Next  year  we  shall 
warmly  welcome  a  number  of  volunteers  to  help 
us  develop  more  land  tracts,  and  to  show  the  peo- 
ple the  possibilities  of  the  soil. 


RV    lilLFRHD    T.    ORES  FULL 


13 


Tlir  new  nur^i's  sent  us  by  r>altiiMore.  a  Wash- 
ington friend,  ami  others,  liave  been  doinjj;  invalu- 
able work.  W'c  '  ve.  however,  been  very  short  of 
help  alun.^  thai  ..nc  and  could  easily  have  found 
work  for  many  more.  Volunteer  students  from 
Johns  Hopkins,  Princeton,  Williams,  Yale,  and 
Bowdoin,  have  had  labf^rs  itniKised  on  them  they 
little  anticipated  when  they  set  out  for  the  sum- 
mer. lUit  all  have  done  e.xcellent.  necessary  work, 
that  wiihcait  them  would  havf;  beeii  ini])ossible. 

The  surj^ieal  and  medical  clinics  at  the  hospitals 
have  -■.0  largely  illcrea.^e(l,  wit'i  the  j;rinvinj>  confi- 
dence of  liie  ])eople  in  modern  science,  that  some 
money  earned  by  iJr.  Grenfcll's  liirin;^  out  the 
Strathcona  for  a  month  io  the  Xewfoundiand  gov- 
ernment will  be  sijcnt  in  cnlarjjing  St.  Anthony 
lui.spitat.  This  hospital  has  b-en  densely  over- 
crowded '•.'!  .summer  and  the  facilities  for  up-to- 
date  treatment  have  been  quite  inadetjuate  to  the 
wishes  of  thc'ie  in  ciiarge.  A  small  sprcial  addi- 
tion for  the  tveatment  of  the  many  unfortunute 
tubercular  po'cients  that  seek  aid  is  absolutely  es- 
sential. 'l''.e  success  attained  in  curing  tubercular 
patients  in  the  open  air  and  saving  suffering  from 
that  cause  hat  been  phenomeral. 

Tin:  SHAMI:N'S  /Nsr/TU'ri: 

The  attention  of  the  friends  of  the  J.-ission  is  called 
to  the  new  Institute  for  '"isliernun  to  be  built  in  St. 
John':.,  Newfoundland.  It  is  to  be  under  the  management 
of  Mr.  Cluirles  V.  Karnopp  and  his  wife.  There  \vill  be 
need  for  much  help  in  order  to  furnish  and  equip  this 
Home  in  the  way  it  should  be  done,  if  it  is  to  meet  the 
requirements  of  the  peojile  for  whom  it  is  intended.  An 
illustrated  pamphlet  containing  full  plan?  and  cxplaiia- 
tions  will  be  sent  on  applicpcion  to  the  Grenfell  Associa- 
tion, 156  Fifth  Avenue.  Nev  York 


14 


THE    GRENI-El.L    ASSOCIATION 


F' AT  RON   SAINT   Of    LABRADOR. 

Rarely  has  nn  out  of  the  way  land  liccn  bruuglit  to  such 
attention  in  tli-  worKl  beyond  it  a?  Labrador,  tiirough  its 
benefactor  and  nniu-ter,  Dr.  Wilfred  T.  (iretifell.  in  the 
highest  and  best  sense  C)f  the  word  an  adventurer,  he 
chose  one  of  tiie  bleak  and  barren  sixAs  on  earth  as  the 
field  of  li's  lite  \vt)rl<.  With  warm  symi>atby  for  those 
wlio  nee<l  lielp,  a  jiractical  inventive  mind,  a  strong  and 
ir.atily  Christian  faith,  a  shrewd  sense  of  humor,  a  cheer- 
ful optimisni,  and  an  undaunted  courage,  he  has  made  the 
coast  wf  Labrador  his  own  anil  it  lias  claimed  an<l  ajipro- 
priale<l  him.  And  lie  is  able  someliow  to  make  Labrador 
interesting,  witn  its  rocky,  ice-b<nind  and  fog-bound 
shores  and  its  scanty  population  of  poor  fisher  folk,  whose 
princiiKd  stock  in  trade  seems  to  he  their  misfortunes. 
The  latest  disaster,  ■  liich  swej)!  the  whole  cviast,  was 
July  30.  when  a  fierce  gale  piled  up  the  wreckage  of  ves- 
sels in  every  harbor,  leaving  their  homeless  occupants  to 
shelter  tlu'insclves  under  tents  made  of  spare  sails  on  tlie 
shore.  Dr.  Grenfoll  descriU's  it  in  an  interesting  letter 
to  the  Boston  Transcript,  and  evidently  without  inten- 
tion on  his  ])art  he  aj^pears  as  the  benefactor  of  the 
strickxn  people.  With  hi.s  boat,  the  Sir  ithcdiia,  he  pulls 
oil  the  ri'cks  such  of  the  wrecked  vessels  as  can  be  saved, 
takes  on  lioard  about  forty  men  aud  women  who  have  lost 
ever\  thing,  and  is  so  glad  that  no  lives  have  beeii  lost 
that  he  gets  more  joy  than  beartar'  -  or  brickache  out  of 
the  storm,  the  worst  in  the  memory  of  the  o'dest  inhabi- 
tant. Only  a  few  months  ago  he  barely  esc;. pcd  drowning 
on  an  ice  iloe  after  a  night  of  sutTeriiig  to  whicli  almost 
any  man  W(  iuld  have  siircniiibed  unless  he  possessed  those 
rare  gifts,  a  iierfert'y  licallliy  body,  a  perfectly  clear  con- 
science and  a  great  love  of  life  for  the  salre  r)f  the  good 
th.it  life  can  do.  The  ^torj'  of  his  rescue  ar-  he  simply  told 
it.  ha'=  !)'''n  rejirinted  in  scores  of  m.itrar.ines  and  ncws- 
pape  The  pulilic  is  constantly  expecting  news  alnnit 
Lnl'T,  r  and  is  notdisappuintcd.  Dr.  Cirenfell  is  its  min- 
iftcriiiv;  ■f'i''it,  and  a  century  hence  lie  will  be  renienil'cred 
ss  its  patron  saint. 

The  Con:;ri\i:;at{:>»aiist 


•^v^^-  y^: 


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The  Gimifnll  Assoc/.itio/i  ot  Amorica 

(INCOBIORATID    UNOO    TUt    I.AWS    C)F    N«W    YotX.) 

BOARD  OF  DIRECTORS. 

Henry  van  Dyke,  DD.,  LL.D..  President. 

D.   CkYS.N  DtiAVAN,  M.U.,   Vice-President 

Willis  E.  Lougee,  Secretary, 

156  Piftii  Avenue,  New  York. 

Eugene  Delano,  Treasurer, 

59   Wall   Street,   New   York. 


EnwEST  Hamlin  ABB(TTr 
Stephen  Haker 
S.  ICmiAR  Uhkajs 
William  Ahamj  Urown.  D.D. 
Clakknce  J.  Blake,  M.D. 
Harvey  Cushinc,  M.U. 
William  Ai)\ms  Delano 
Arthur  T.  K>TAnKooK 
Clifford  Hubbcll 


Wm.  DeW,  Hype.  D  IX,  LL.D. 

Arthir  TuKiiss  James 

l-BFMUli  l.LK 

Hamilti'N   \V.   Maiue,  LL.D. 

WlU.IAM    R.    Ml»l>Y 

Edward  C.  Mii'ike,  Ph.D.,  D.D. 
Heupf.kt  L.  S.\nLiaF.E 
Francis  Lynik  Stetson 
J.  1"rei>erick  Thomas 


AuzN  Waruwell 

Office  Secretary,  Miss  Jennie  L.  Gray 

Room  415,  156  Fifth  Avenue,  New  York 

Telephone,  5238  Gramercy 

The  object  of  the  Grcnfell  Association  of  America  is  to 
•Jsist  Dr.  (irenfell  in  his  work  in  Labrador  and  the  northern 
oeninsula  of  Newfoundland.  .     .  ,      ., 

^  It  is  not  the  intcnti.,n  of  the  Grenfell  Association  to  take  the 
place  of  the  support  now  furnished  to  Dr.  Grentcll  l-y  the  Home 
Society  or  by  the  otlier  friends  who  have  .so  ^.n.rously  con- 
tril.ut/d  to  his  work  in  the  past,  but  rather  to  suir,,,.-n,rnt  thu  by 
additional  funds  for  the  expansion   and   mcroa^ed   clhciency  ot 

'*  AlT  those  who  desire  to  have  a  part  in  this  work  are  re- 

*^"*'(0'  To  join  the  Grenfell  Association  of  America  (dues  %i 
aniiuallv).  .  ^     .   .        .     _ 

(2)  To   spread  information  about  and  promote  interest  in 

(3)  To  cnn'    1  ute  to  its  maintonance  eilher  by  subscription 
or  don.      Ml.  „ 

Five  thcni-^aiwl  dolbrs  I'iven  at  one  tmie  makes  ouf  a  1  atron. 
Fifteen  lumdred  dollars  will  endow  a  cot  permanontly. 
One  thou.-,uid  dollars  given  at  one  tmie  makes  one  •  Ute 

"  '"pive  Inindrtd  dollars  will  meet  the  amiual  expenses  of  a 
hospital  lamicli. 

Piftv  dollars  wdl  support  a  cot  for  one  year. 

Thirty-five  '  .liars  will  furnish  a  room  in  the  Fishe'-nien  s 
Home    aiid   give   the  donor  the  rifilit  to  name  it. 

<;evpn  ibdiars  will  provide  a  Ion  of  coal  for  the  steamer. 

Gilts  of  clotliing  ■•!  g(i.'.l  repnir,  blankets,  l,ooks,  and  maga- 
rines  'or  loan  libraries,  medical  supplies,  dental  an.,  $ur>;i..al 
instrnmcnis.  toxs  for  chihlren,  l.niltrn  sluk;s  f.-.r  tf^'f '■:"--.•  ^>''-' 
also  be  welcomed,  and  may  be  sent  to  the  Grenfell  Association. 
156  Fifth  .Avenue,  New  York. 


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New   \ork;  all  oti.rr  c.  nmMMmat.m     to  M     "v,ll  ,   K    I^'' « 
Stcrmry,  k„,„n  4.5.  iS',  l.ftl,  Avenue.  New  York  *^ 

77/<'  (In'iihn  Assorintiniiol  Ainniru.  In, 

orBali'/r.te'';  ""'  ^"''1'"^'^"  "f  '^r    CrcnfHI  who  arc  „!rr»,!, 

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ClAK£Nt7.  J.    lir.AKK.    MI)..   Vio--r'rcM,lrnt 

MlNS  I,.  I-..  Wnirr,  Sccrctarv-Ire.-isiircr 

14  l.eaodn  St..  Koom  .>oi,  Boston 

FIX WCl-;  COMMITTED 
Clarence  J.  Bi.ake.  M  1).  VVAixAr,  I. 

ARrnvK  [•■   I-..TA,;,<.«„<  ia..TriiE«  I) 

Lmvau,  C.  M,,,,-,.  IXI).  VV„,UAM   Ihm-,u.  R«o 

Friends  in   the  six   W-v    Fn^h   -I   <;»•,»,..   ,.-.  .  1,    1  .  j 

H,.ir  cn,„r,!union.  ti.ro.,;,  n,!"  Nov  ..^^b^,  ^c^     T„^f '^^J^ 
ra>.-cl  hy  tins  as.oc,.,,,,,.  are  trans„m,..J    o  St     \n,ho        \m 
a,. ilal..ra.|,,rt!,r.. ■,,,«(,   M.^-rs    firoun   I-oUu-rs  X  Co     to  Stati 
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Mr  Bi^vrtt.AR,,  RAsa.t-    C-Io,..!car,H.,i  Cntnnsvillr.  President 
M«>    Ui.MA.M   Bl-.  KLER,  S.rrct.irv-Tre.-isurcr 
Acting  Stcretarv-Ircasurer.  Mh    Doc-ns  M.   W.'i.ie. 


412    -N'orlh   Stret't,   Bait 


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Now  York  Life  Building 
Mh.  Fvkrett  Siv.on,  S.'.-rctavv,  U-,  IVarbnrn  St 


Mr.  Jo 


But} all)  (,'] ,'/)/,//  A  ssocinfinn 

Mr    Ifr<,.i   Kenn'ehy,  President 


MR    iiKj.i   Kenn'ehy,  President 
SIAH  G.  Ml-n-'o,  Treavuri.r.  61  Frie  Co.    Bank  Biiildi 

The    l'hi'a<!rli>hia     Brimdi    of    t 


Iding 


I  he  l'hi'a<!rli>!iia  Br;n,h  of  the  Grenfcll  Association  !• 
nnder  th,.  n,an:..ep,.n,  of  Mr.  J.  Frcd.Hck  Th  ,  n.-,s  .;"  Q '  "n,  t 
Street,  who  wdl  recene  .nil  ,-o„,rih„.„,n<  for  ih-  work  an  J  w^  h 
whom^«„,  arran.e,„en,s  may  be  made  re.ardin,  Icctur.rfn  TllLl 


Contributions  may  also  be  sem  lu  l..w 
Hon.  Treasurer  for  Ontario, 
MISS  JULIA  GREENSHIELDS, 

2  Elmsley  Place,  Toronto,  Ont. 


Rapid  Tranill  In  Liil»'^dar 


KIrkIn*  and  Noah 


The  Strathcona  in  Company  with  an  Icebers 


Eaquimaux  Winter  Residence 


"Doc"— Dr.  Grenfell'B  Dog 


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The  Hosptti^l  Ship  Stralhcona 


